It’s mid-October and your air dryer is acting up. Funds are running low for non-essential repairs. Can it wait until January? How important is an air dryer anyway? It is critical! We can explain how it works, why you need it, and what could happen if you shut it off. Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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Have you ever had your weekend, or birthday, or anniversary ruined by a failure on a reciprocating compressor? Wouldn’t it be great if you could see that failure coming and fix the issue before it became a real problem? Condition Monitoring is the process used to help identify these failures before they happen. If you don’t know what a frame vibration sensor is (or where to put it), we can help with that! Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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Can you even repair that? What is the best method to fix that crack? Want to know more about metal repairs? We can help. You can even meet vendors to see everything from the “tried and true” to the “latest and greatest” methods. Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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Bicera doors – keeping oil wipers in business since the beginning of time.

Seriously though, Bicera doors play a critical role in our workplace, serving 2 purposes. One is well known, but the other is often overlooked. The Bicera valves are designed to relieve pressure in the event of an overpressure occurrence in the crankcase. A crankcase event is the most common occurrence leading to activation of the Bicera. But there is another function, which is to close as quickly as possible to ensure that the crankcase event doesn’t get a fresh gulp of oxygen through a backdraft. Cue the mental images of the firefighting movie we are all thinking of… Learn more at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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For most of the world, foundations are designed to support the weight of something. But in the gas compression industry, we use the mass of the foundation to hold an engine down. So if you are ever around a foundation replacement and see the engine supported by the teeny-tiny, little supports, it can be alarming… but it is perfectly safe. Want to know more about engine foundations like inspection methods, design, repair/replacement, and more? Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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One of the rules in nature is to steer clear of anything (dead or alive) with a bloated belly. Engine crankcase pressure can be viewed in the same manner. The higher that pressure, the more likely something bad could happen. In the dead analogy: If you have an engine offline that is showing crankcase pressure, it could be a packing leak that could lead to a fire or explosion. In the living analogy, crankcase pressure is an awesome single point indicator of engine health. It can be very useful in preventative maintenance efforts and troubleshooting. Anytime you see a high crankcase pressure it is increasing the probability of a crankcase event. How much CC pressure is too much? We can help with that! Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA or contact us for more information.

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